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" IMPROVEMENT IN HINGES.

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Be it known that I, ELIJAH LINDSLEY, of Neenah,'Winnebego county, sind Stute yof' Wisconsin, have invented Y:,new and useful Improvement in Right andvLeft-Handed .Loose-Jointed Butts or Hinge; and 1 do declare that the following is a. full, clear, and exuct'descriptiou of the construction and operation of the seme, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a. partlof this specification, in which* Figure 1 is'a. perspective view.

Figure 2 is a. sectional view of o'ne plate.

Figure 3 is a. perspective view of pivot-pin.

Figure 4 is a. sectional view of the other plete;

Figure 5 is a back view,`when closed.

Figure 6 is an end view closed. 1 v v a is the shoulder, which encircles the pivot-pin b, in the centre, and bearings upon` which the plates UZ rest, and turn thereby, forming an eccentric, which adjust-s itself to pince whenever the butt or hinge is opened 'er closed either wey, as seen at a in fig. 1'.

b b is the pivot-pin, (enoircledin the centre by shoulder a with two short bends neer Vthe shouldler, one to the right and the other to the left, thereby bringing both ends of the pin on parallel lines, and forming pivots for thimbles or sockets c c to play upon, as seen in tig. 1.

crc are the thimbles-.or sockets, as seen in figs. 2 and, 4, and play around pivot-pin b es seen in figs. 1 and 5, thereby formng'a perfect butt or hinge, which may be opened or closed either way without raising the plate or pin.

d d are. the plates, withfthimbles or sockets, on parallel -line 4with centre of plate, both being eonstructed alike, as seen nt c c in figs. 2 and 4,

Taken all inrconibination, it formele simple, durable, and cheap right and left-hand butt or hinge, withoutv changing, reversing', or taking apart in'any way.

Whitt I claim as my invention is 4 The bent pivot 6,'in combination with shoulder a and plates d d, the Whole forming a. right `and left-hand hinge, substantially as herein shown z tnd described.

ELIJAH LINDSLEY.

Witnesses EPHRAIM GIDDINGS, M. A. GxDDINGs. 

